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- Two Approaches
- The First Approach: Hope as An Individual Experience
- The Second Approach: Hope as A Context-Dependent Process
- In Detail: Sources and Effects of Hope and Social Experience
- The Object of Hope
A first and overarching categorization that can be made regarding the literature on hope is based on a differentiation between two approaches: one is understanding hope as an individual experience and the other is understanding it as a comprehensive context-dependent process. The first approach aims to offer a concise definition of what a person is...
Since the first approach to defining hope is interested in isolating the most essential characteristics of the individual experience of hope, these theories usually look for the smallest amount of necessary and sufficient building blocks. Although perspectives vary, most centre on the themes of desire, an estimate of the probability of attaining th...
While the first overarching approach to defining hope puts much effort in delineating what is and is not hope, the second approach seems to be based on the idea that it is practically impossible to pinpoint where hope starts and ends since it is a process without a clear beginning or end, and because it is inherently tied to its social context. The...
Thus far, we have discussed the two overarching approaches to defining hope. On the one hand, there are theories that try to discern hope’s most central elements, and on the other hand, there are theories that treat hope as a broad, contextualized process. One approach is not necessarily better than the other, but if we take the second approach ser...
The object of hope has quite a peculiar place in the hoping process; although it is what hope is ultimately aimed at, we often do not need to know exactly what someone is hoping for to understand their general hopeful feeling. However, there are some general distinctions to be made, which also affect how we characterize the overall experience. A fi...
- Emma Pleeging, Job van Exel, Martijn Burger
- 2021
Sep 9, 2021 · This systematic review aims to provide an extensive overview of the ascribed characteristics of the concept of hope in ten different academic fields.
Jan 1, 2015 · Hope is an oft-defined concept; in this chapter we examine four definitions, from various academic perspectives, that converge on central attributes of hope. We then present an integrative definition of hope (future-oriented belief, desire, and mental imagining...
- Andrew J. Howell, Denise J. Larsen
- 2015
Hope is defined as the perceived ability to produce pathways to achieve desired goals and to motivate oneself to use those pathways. The historical origins of hope theory are reviewed. Definitions and explanations are given for the core concepts of Snyder's (1994c) cognitive model of hope, including goals, pathways, and agency.
May 1, 2011 · Hope is a powerful emotion that has been largely neglected by the social sciences. In this paper, we introduce a theory of hope drawn from multiple disciplines, including psychology,...
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Hope comes into play when the person is confronted with a threatening or dreadful situation and does not feel capable of coping with it by means of his or her own resources alone.
